Hairpin



Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' GOTTLIEB J. HOFFMANN, 0F SNYDER, NEBRASKA, AND WILLIAM F. LIERMANN, OF

' LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,

EAIRPIN'.

Application filed November 7, 1924, Serial No. 748,481.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GOTTLIEB J. Horr- MANN and 'WILLIAM F. LIERMANN, citizens in the county of Dodge and State of Nebraska, and Los Angeles, California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hairpins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an' improved hair pin which is especially, but not necessarily, designed for use upon bobbed hair.

Experience with the common type of hair pins now marketed has convincingly shown that it is diflicult, if .not substantially impossible, to maintain-the same in the hair, or to use them in amanner to hold stray strands in a set position.

We propose therefore, to provide an improved type of hair pin which has been designed in a manner to grip the hair so as to permit the free ends to be tucked in and held in a desired position. With the improved hair pin, it is possible to tuck in and under and hold the free ends of the strands at the back of the head in a manner to give the hair a desirable rolled appearance. Also, stubborn strands at the front of the head can be held out of the eyes of the wearer.

The structural differences and other features and advantages of the present hair pin will become apparent from the following description and drawings.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an elevational view of one embodiment of the improved hair pin'show: ing the legs, which constitute gripping jaws, spread apart.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the jaws in their" normal gripping relation.

Figure 3 is likewise an elevational view, but it shows a diflerent embodiment of the invention.

In carrying out the present invention we utilize a single piece of resilient metal which is bent upon itself and between its ends to provide a ring-like head 1, from the free ends of which the legs 2 extend. The conventional hair pin has its legs normally spread apart, but the present hair pin has" are permitted to function as jaws, inasmuch as t ey grip the hair when the pin is in place, so that they may obtain an anti-slip ping grip upon the hair, these jaws or legs come together. To permit the legs to be spread apart as seen in Figure 1, the central portion of the ring-like part 1 is provided with spaced finger; grips 4. These may be struck up from the metal and it is obvious that by gripping the same and pressing them together, the legs 2 will be moved apart. As soon as the finger grips are released, the inherent resiliency of the metal automatically returns the legs .or jaws to closed position. 1

In the embodiment seen in Figure 3, we show a substantially similar ring-likehead 1 provided at its free ends with the laterally extending legs or jaws 2 having corrugations 3 ever, the head 1 is provided with the substantially U-shaped spring 5, the free ends of the arms ,of which form finger grips 6. It is obvious that with this arrangement In this embodiment howthe jaws or legs are moved together under what we claim is A hair pin of the class described comprising a ring-like head embodying a pair of opposed finger grips adapted to be pressed toward each other, a pair of op-.

posed hair gripping jaws extendng outwardly from the free ends of said head, said i jaws being provided intermediate their ends with interfitting corrugations.

tures.

.G. J. HOFFMANN. WILLIAM F. LIERMANN.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signa-- 

